Post on 09-Feb-2022
Vertical Teaming in Pre AP
Visual Arts
1.What We Know
2.What We Have Begun
3.What Are You Doing, What Are
Your Ideas?
Pre - AP Is: “Pre AP initiatives are meant to equip all middle and high
school teachers with strategies and tools needed in order
to engage students in active, high level learning, with the
goal of developing skills, habits of mind and concepts needed to
succeed in college.”
Pre AP is based on two premises:
1. The expectation that students can perform at rigorous
academic levels.
2. The belief that every student can be prepared for higher
intellectual engagement by starting the development of skills
and acquiring knowledge as early as possible.
Pre - AP The AP Vertical Teams Guide For Studio Art, Publication by the College Board, Princeton, N.J. 2002
Components of AP Vertical Teams 1. Standards - Raise the bar for all students
2. Inclusion - When implemented early, larger numbers of students have the
opportunity to participate in more challenging learning.
3. Innovation - Development of independent learning skills, development of
higher level analytical and communication skills.
4. Coordination - Communication between educators fosters the
development of an educational community across grade levels.
5. Empowerment - Through vertical teaming educators can have a greater
chance of realizing meaningful curricular reform, improved
communication and development of critical thinking skills for students.
6. Enthusiasm - More stimulating and challenging curriculum for students
and a clearer sense of purpose and community for teachers promoting a
greater enthusiasm for teaching and learning.
Pre - AP The AP Vertical Teams Guide For Studio Art, Publication by the College Board, Princeton, N.J. 2002
In researching vertical teaming we discovered a
Harvard project called, Studio Thinking: How Visual
Arts Teaching can promote Disciplined Habits of
Mind. Research began in 2001. Resulting in this
publication in 2007.
Studio Habits of Mind
1. Develop Craft
2. Engage and Persist
3. Envision
4. Express
5. Observe
6. Reflect
7. Stretch and Explore
8. Understand Art World
Studio Habits of Mind
1.Develop Craft
“Technique:
Learning to use tools such as -
viewfinders or brushes,
materials such as - charcoal,
paint.
Learning artistic conventions
such as - perspective, color
mixing.” http://www.pz.harvard.edu/Research/StudioThink.htm
Studio Habits of Mind
2. Engage and Persist
“Learning to embrace problems
of relevance within the art world
and/or of personal importance,
to develop focus and other
mental states conducive to
working and persevering at art
tasks.”
http://www.pz.harvard.edu/Research/StudioThink.htm
Studio Habits of Mind
3. Envision
“Learning to picture mentally
what cannot be directly
observed and imagine possible
next steps in making a piece.”
http://www.pz.harvard.edu/Research/StudioThink.htm
Studio Habits of Mind
4. Express
“Learning to create works that
convey an idea, a feeling, or a
personal meaning.”
http://www.pz.harvard.edu/Research/StudioThink.htm
Studio Habits of Mind
5. Observe
“Learning to attend to visual
contexts more closely than
ordinary “looking” requires, and
thereby to see things that
otherwise might not be seen.”
http://www.pz.harvard.edu/Research/StudioThink.htm
Studio Habits of Mind
6. Reflect
“Question & Explain: Learning to
think and talk with others about
an aspect of one’s work or
working process. Evaluate:
Learning to judge one’s own
work and working process and
the work of others in relation to
standards of the field.” http://www.pz.harvard.edu/Research/StudioThink.htm
Studio Habits of Mind
7. Stretch and Explore
“Learning to reach beyond one's
capacities, to explore playfully
without a preconceived plan,
and to embrace the opportunity
to learn from mistakes and
accidents.”
http://www.pz.harvard.edu/Research/StudioThink.htm
Studio Habits of Mind
8. Understand Art World
“Domain: Learning about art
history and current practice.
Communities: Learning to
interact as an artist with other
artists (i.e., in classrooms, in
local arts organizations, and
across the art field) and within
the broader society.” http://www.pz.harvard.edu/Research/StudioThink.htm
Beginning An AP Vertical Team Step One: Raise Awareness
Step Two: Work With Administrators
Step Three: Organize A Team
Step Four: Create And Implement A Curricular Reform
Action Plan (on going)
Step Five: Cultivate Team Building Skills (GAP Workshop)
Step Six: Develop Community Wide Support
Step Seven: Assess Effectiveness Of The Team Pre - AP The AP Vertical Teams Guide For Studio Art, Publication by the College Board, Princeton, N.J. 2002
Elements and Principles Design in Composition
Experimentation and Risk-Taking
Ideation – Source of Ideas
Personal Vision and Sense of Voice
Technical Competence and Quality of Expression
Observation, Imagination and Fantasy
Transformation of Ideas
Artistic and Aesthetic Intention
Technical Development of Media Material and Techniques
Coherent and Continuous Development of Concentration Topic
Thoughtful Decision Making from Informed Investigation
Appropriation with Innovation
Confident and Evocative Art Making – Viewer Engagement
Accepting Failure as Part of the Creative Process
Common Language And Goals
Adapted From AP Scoring Guidelines
Exploring and understanding Pre AP Concentration:
Due Monday October 3rd.
Concentration = An in-depth exploration of a particular concern in the
visual arts
Assignment I: Choosing and Analyzing an Artist’s Work
1.Pick an artist from the list of Art Movements and identify the following in
that artists work.
2.You must look at a series of 10 works of art by your chosen artist.
3.Create a PowerPoint presentation addressing the items below. 1 slide for
each item.
a. Identify the subject matter of your chosen artist.
b. Describe the subject matter of your artist.
c. Identify the working techniques of your chosen artist.
d. Describe the techniques being used.
e. What are the concepts or ideas being explored in the artist’s series of
artworks. Each work of art.
f. Are there multiple approaches to the body of work? Meaning, is the subject
matter presented in different ways. What are they?
g.What are the similarities of the concepts, ideas and style evident in the
works?
h.What are some various ways identical materials could be explored?
Meaning,
what are some different ways the artist or you as an artist, could use the
materials your chosen artist uses.
i. Describe the elements of art being used.
j. Describe the principles of design being used.
k.What is the overall concept of the artist’s body of work? What is the
message the artist is trying to convey? What does the artist want the viewer
to understand about the work and about the artist?
l. How did the artist’s body of work progress and evolve over time
(chronologically)?
m. Describe the artists style.
n. What do you think the artist’s concentration is?
Assignment II:
1. You will begin forming your concentration based on what you have learned
from your exploration of your chosen artist.
Remember a Concentration is not just a series of drawings of cats,
cars, horses, emotions, and so on, appropriated from magazine or
internet images that appeal to you. Nor is the concentration found
one week prior to the submission of a portfolio.
In Choosing your concentration:
a. You will Identify your subject matter
b. Describe your subject matter
c. Identify at least 5 working techniques that you will explore and use in your
concentration.
d. Be able to explain the concepts or ideas being explored in your
concentration.
e. Plan at least three different approaches to your concept or idea. That means
use the materials and or subject matter in different ways.
f. Write up this plan and turn it in to me by Thursday, October 6th.
g. You will have 5 portfolio quality artworks due by the end of the 2nd nine
weeks. Budget your time wisely, this will give you a little less than two
weeks on each artwork.
h. There will be a written semester exam at the end of the 2nd nine weeks.
The exam will cover the elements and principles of art and various
techniques used and shared throughout the term.
http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/members/courses/teachers_corner/44048.html
These
“Think Sheets”
were created by
Jerry Stefl and can be
downloaded from the
College Board site below.
Thank you to Jerry Stefl
for allowing us all to
access these
tools.
Concentration Declaration Name:
Identify your
subject matter.
Describe your
subject matter.
Identify at least
5 working
techniques that
you will explore
and use in your
concentration.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Explain the
concepts or
ideas being
explored in
your
concentration.
Resources
Think Sheets AP Central -
http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/members/courses/teachers_corner/44048.html
Pre - AP The AP Vertical Teams Guide For Studio Art, Publication by the College Board, Princeton, N.J. 2002
8 Habits of Mind - http://www.pz.harvard.edu/Research/StudioThink.htm
http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/Controller.jpf
AP Central -